The sweep of family history across the generations
Just a bit about Twyla, Gene, Zach and Lani.
Remembering our Ringel and Wohlgemuth/Paechter family members who perished in the Shoah.
Ze’evs progency: a new generation of vibrant, contemporary Israelis.
Seymour, also called Samuel, was partly estranged from the family. He worked as a truant officer in the New York City schools. His daughter Harriet Berkowitz discovered our blog and contributed a trove of precious documents.
First came Walter, then Danny and Joanne. They would carry on the Ruby-Ringel genes.
A pioneer to Palestine in 1936, Ze’ev married Penina and they did their part to build the state of Israel as founders of Kibbutz Afek.